Thursday, July 27, 2017

The Cool Air - San Miguel de Allende

We’ve been enjoying our time here in San Miguel de
Allende. Parked here at the botanical
gardens (El Charco del Ingenio) we’ve had very cool nights and light breezy
days. You couldn’t ask for better
weather. The afternoon showers make for
great down time or a nap.

Tuesday night was a great surprise. I received a letter from blog reader
Barbara. She came from Washington state
last October to make her home here. She
had offered her place to me when I was looking to work with the kids at the
school here. She was very kind in her
offer.

Tuesday afternoon we got
together for some wine and chat which turned into a great dinner and the opportunity
to make new friends. We’re planning on
seeing each other again this weekend for dinner out.

Last night was a walk down to the Parroquia to people
watch. Again, the weather was cool and enough
that you need to carry a light jacket or sweater. There is just so much to see and do here I
hope we living here in southern Mexico in the next couple of years.

Tonight is a talk and
Q&A with Lisa Pixley who is the author of a book about the history of San
Miguel de Allende. She has lived here
for 15 years and speaks fluent Spanish.
She tells the history of the city and the influence that foreigners has
brought. I’m looking forward to her
point of view as you know I have my own.

What has happened in the last year since coming to SMA? Lots of changes. Too many to say I would actually live in the
city. Other small towns nearby abound
and offer just as much as here. The
traffic has gotten a bit hairy. People
are driving much faster and there are more cars. New construction of avenues including
infrastructure changes have created a big city feel. I realize it’s summer and there are lots of
tourists. Here by the gardens are two, new housing projects with homes starting at 185K, I may have already mentioned that. Too many people.

This morning we walked from
the gardens to the Luciernega mall with the glorieta and the new Soriana. We took a bus down to centro. We could have walked faster because of the
traffic and at one point we got off and just walked. Quicker and faster not to mention great
exercise. BTW, I did my 1.5 hour walk
this morning with a mix of hillside and city.

We’re moving again in the morning. I’ve mentioned several times that there is a
public parking lot off of San Antonio St. where the big buses park bringing
tourists. The charge for 24 hours is 160
pesos. The lot is changing ownership on
Monday so the current workers have offered us 100 pesos a day for the
weekend. Fantastic, we’re right in
town. There are no services but our
solar works just great for us. It’s a
paved lot but we’re here for the city and we’ve done a lot of hiking here at
the gardens.

Turns out we may not make it to Hacienda. It Sounds like the park is falling into
disrepair and Chema’s is a bit muddy this time of year. We are thinking about heading to the
waterfalls in Zaragoza, a state park at the border between San Luis Potosi and
Nuevo Leon. Not sure yet. Every day is something new.

2 comments:

18 months ago we were in San Miguel for three months and we loved it. But then too, the traffic was already building and walking was faster than taking a bus most times. Only in centro though... I suspect it's busier now. I quite liked Dolores Hedalgo and could easily live there...

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I left the U.S. 30 years ago. Found my way to Mexico and in the last 15 years the great life of rving and boondocking. I have had the great opportunity to travel throughout the Americas, learn Spanish and meet lots of great people.